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OK so we are installing my ball joint spacers on my buddy's truck and snap! 2 bolts broken. where can i find the correct bolts or can i just go to the hardware store and match some up? should of stopped at 33lbs, bolts were not new though.
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same thing happened to me. mine kept breaking off because of the angle that the spacers would sit in the a-arm, i just reemed out the bolt holes with a drill.
where'd you get the spacers?
where'd you get the spacers?
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Damn, now those are some bolts (assuming the 4 connecting the spacer and balljoint) you don't want to break.
Hardware store or a specialty bolt store. I got a store about 10 minutes from me that specializes in selling bolts and nuts, ha. Guess im lucky... but everytime i need em they're effing closed it seems heh
Hardware store or a specialty bolt store. I got a store about 10 minutes from me that specializes in selling bolts and nuts, ha. Guess im lucky... but everytime i need em they're effing closed it seems heh
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I'd just tighten the other 2 more and maybe smear on some JB weld
Really good idea to listen to the torque specs. I'm glad they broke on you, for your own safety. If you overtighten a bolt, you weaken it and it could break on while driving possibly causing you to lose control.
Really good idea to listen to the torque specs. I'm glad they broke on you, for your own safety. If you overtighten a bolt, you weaken it and it could break on while driving possibly causing you to lose control.
Last edited by Matt16; 04-14-2009 at 01:08 AM.
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